In Jonathan Edwards’s "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"‚ the usage of rhetoric and figurative language is used to illustrate its arguments and to help persuade its audience. In the sermon‚ Edwards attempts to warn his audience against living a life of sin or risk suffering the wrath of God. One of the way Edwards convinces people is by using imagery. He emphasizes the fierceness of God to stir fear in his audience and describes in detail the horrible consequences they would have to endure.
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“Augment” by Jonathan Alexander and Margret Barber talks about key point in writing such as reading critically‚ being informed‚ genres‚ argument‚ and writing style. These values are very important to remember especially in the technological era we are in were we must think critically and be informed as much as possible in order to make rational and ethical decisions. My position is the same as the authors because these values are easily transferable to other situations then writing. These situations
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Jonathan Edwards’ Sinners in the Hand of an Angry God depicts an illustration when he vividly expresses that "there is dreadful pit of the glowing flames of the wrath of God; there is hell’s wide gaping mouth open; and you have nothing to stand upon‚ nor anything to take hold of; there is nothing between you and hell but the air" (47). Jonathan Edwards emphasizes fear to influence people‚ impacting them and persuading them;
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1) After reading the selection‚ it left an impression of deep thought. To elaborate‚ the story itself was about the debate of what won the war‚ or what machine. During the debate of what truly won the war‚ it spurred internal debate within myself. If put in this situation‚ what would I believe had won the war? After hearing the many different opinions‚ I wondered what I would argue if given the chance. Overall‚ the story left an impression of deep thought‚ and wonder. 2) The genre of this selection
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In the nineteenth century‚ China‚ Korea‚ and Japan‚ as well as other Asian nations faced European imperialism. However‚ only Japan transformed its traditional society and became the only country in Asia that had colony outside. In my point of view‚ the Japanese success is depending on determination of the government and the strength of it reform. So what makes Japan have the determination to reform the whole traditional society entirely? Opium War: In 1840‚ Britain started the Opium War
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Letters to a Young Teacher by Jonathan Kozol‚ I believe was a good book overall for all readers with just a few small points that I thought needed improvement. When reading this book‚ I thought Kozol made very strong points about education and being a student going into the teaching field‚ I believe all young teachers should read this book. Although it was written in letter form to an elementary teacher‚ the issues and discussions that take place throughout the book apply to all levels of education
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This week’s first reading was the “Introduction: Imperial Ambition” by John Mason Hart. In summary‚ the reading tells the history between the United States and Mexico and how the behavior of the United States towards Mexico reflects the interactions with other Latin American countries and third world societies. The previous fact mention can be seen nowadays more clearly than ever‚ the United States in recent years haven’t been acting friendly and welcoming towards Mexicans and immigrants. In addition
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aggressing the United States took in gaining power over forin markits and gaining land it lead to them being a world power. Also with them having one of the strongest militaries and political control or influence over most nations made the U.S. an imperial
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The cause of the American Revolution took many events for the revolution to occur. The many events included Rebellions‚ Rebellions against the Government‚ and land disputes. Some events were more critical than others. The end of the Anglo-French imperial competition was due to Great Britain winning this war. It was seen as French and Indian war because French and Great Britain were always in competition for territory in North America. Great Britain challenged the French for territory. The 1763 Treaty
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How Wickedness or Folly is Looked down upon in a Satire “[Satire is] a poem in which wickedness or folly is censured.” –Dictionary (1755)‚ Dr. Samuel Johnson. In the pamphlet A Modest Proposal‚ written by Jonathan Swift‚ a narrator‚ if you will‚ proposes that babies from poverty be bought and eaten to help the economy. The narrator goes through the story explaining the bad points of Dublin and he throws out the most controversial solution possible: eat the excess babies. The poor families
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